Galileo's daughter
Subtitle: a drama of science, faith and love
By: Dava Sobel.
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: Galilei, Galileo, -- 1564-1642 -- Correspondence.; Galilei, Maria Celeste, -- 1600-1634 -- Correspondence.; Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography.
Genres: Correspondence.; Biography.
Description: Galileo is seen as one of the greatest scientists ever, but little is known of his illegitimate daughter, Virginia. As a nun, she wrote 120 letters to her father from 1623 to her death from exposure and malnutrition ten years later. This text investigates the father-daughter relationship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.